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8 01, 2008

the corporation – zeitgeist

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|documentaries, politics, religion|3 Comments

During the christmas break, I 've had the chance to watch the following documentaries: The corporation (2003, Achbar) WINNER OF 26 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS! 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Along with the groundbreaking 145-minute theatrical version of the film, the two-disc DVD has [...]

8 01, 2008

Bingo The Clown-O, Yes you ARE Bingo!

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|animation, art, philosophy|0 Comments

(1998, Chris Landreth) Ideal ego and the ego ideal. The image you assume and the symbolic point which give you a place and supplies the point from which you are looked at. A nice example of the interaction of the Lacanian "three registers of human reality": the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. Bingo is based on a short play, Disregard This Play, by Chicago's Neo-Futurist Theater Company. The story is a little ditty of existentialist hell in which the central character, Dave, is told he is a clown. At first he denies, then he argues, then he dispairs, and ultimately, he concedes.

4 01, 2008

headless (2000, Wojtek Wawszczyk)

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 4th, 2008|animation|0 Comments

I would suggest to everyone to visit Wojtek's website [>>]

4 01, 2008

Nietzschean Aphorisms

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 4th, 2008|philosophy|0 Comments

Aphorisms in action: On authors "I will never again read an author of whom I suspect that he wanted to make a book, but only those whose thoughts unexpectedly became a book." "Real thoughts of real poets always go about with a veil on, like Egyptian women." "Paradoxes are only assertions that carry no convictions. The author has made them wishing to appear brilliant, or to mislead, or above all to pose." On readers "A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents." "Nowadays the text often disappears under the (reader's) interpretation." "The weakness of modern personality comes out in the measureless overflow of criticism." Happy new year! μο.

16 12, 2007

Metaphysics of …

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00December 16th, 2007|ontheroad, philosophy|0 Comments

If culture is our highest goal, we might ask, what becomes of metaphysical theories which speculate on the fundamental nature of reality using reason alone? "It is true there could be a metaphysical world; the absolute possibility of it is hardly to be disputed. We behold all things through the human head and cannot cut off this head; while the question nonetheless remains, what of the world would still be there if one had cut it off." Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche. Theories which try to answer this question are simply outside the scope of human investigation. Historically, this question has always had a fascination for philosophers, but what do we gain if we accept the existence of a metaphysical dimension? We are inhabitants of a physical world; only there do our thoughts and desires have any application. It is in this world of human action that Nietzsche's critical insights [...]

14 12, 2007

deconstructive argumentation

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00December 14th, 2007|philosophy, politics|1 Comment

... First of all, the question of argumentation. We are here in order to discuss, and in order to exchange arguments as clear, univocal and communicable as possible. On the other hand, the question that is often raised on the subject of deconstruction is that of argumentation. I am reproached-deconstructionists are reproached-with not arguing or not liking argumentation, etc., etc. This is obviously a defamation. But this defamation derives from the fact that there is argumentation and argumentation, and this is often because in contexts of discussion like the present one where the prepositional form, a certain type of prepositional form, governs, and where a certain type of micrology is necessarily effaced, where the attention to language is necessarily reduced, argumentation is clearly essential. And what interests me, obviously, are other protocols, other argumentative situations where one does not renounce argumentation simply because one refuses to discuss under certain conditions. [...]

14 12, 2007

IDM and electronica

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:31+02:00December 14th, 2007|music|0 Comments

delicate mixtures of glitch electronica, chamber instruments, computers, analogues and atmospheric vocals. Autechre - Gantz Graf Autechre is an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale (near Manchester, England). The group are one of the most prominent acts signed with Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music artists. Some journalists and fans consider Autechre to be a paragon of IDM, though Brown and Booth themselves do not consider their sound to belong to any genre. Boards of Canada (BOC) - Aquarius Boards of Canada is an electronic music duo from Scotland, composed of brothers Michael Sandison (b. 10 June 1969) and Marcus Eoin Sandison (b. 21 September 1970). They have released a number of works, most notably Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi, with little advertising and few interviews - like many of their label-mates on the [...]

14 12, 2007

shoegaze, dream-pop: be on stage, stare at the floor

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:31+02:00December 14th, 2007|music|0 Comments

Shoegaze is a genre of late '80s and early '90s British indie rock, named after the bands' motionless performing style, where they stood on stage and stared at the floor while they played. But shoegaze wasn't about visuals -- it was about pure sound. In no particular order ;) My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iT5EuTlHOM Asobi Seksu - Thursday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8paDhfGQH4E Amusement Parks On Fire - You Made Me Realise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veeROv1Wlbs Chapter House - Breather http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG4-Tantvhc Ride - Vapour Trail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhNi5cU8mo&ob=av2n The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EgB__YratE Adorable - Homeboy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pHfgnPtdXE Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtTqR9oZX6Q Swervedriver - Rave Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDIGbPLQ4U Bowery Electric - Fear of Flying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kRrLmGJho Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z_ipRtcnqM&ob=av2n Serena-Maneesh - Selina's Melodie Fountain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNcyU74SZMo Autolux - Turnstile Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZL91Uv5e8g Japancakes - Loveless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjDs37Ya6ks Amusement Parks On [...]

10 12, 2007

5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:31+02:00December 10th, 2007|research|0 Comments

Call for Papers 5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence - SETN'08 (5o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης - ΣΕΤΝ'08 ) Syros, Greece, October 2-4, 2008 http://setn08.syros.aegean.gr Conference Chairs John Darzentas, University of the Aegean George Vouros, University of the Aegean Steering Committee Grigoris Antoniou, University of Crete and FORTH Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras Themistoklis Panayiotopoulos, University of Piraeus Ioannis Vlahavas, Aristotle University Scope and Aims The Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence is organised biannually by the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN). It provides an opportunity for Greek AI scientists all over the world to disseminate their research results, to exchange views and experiences, and to foster collaborations. International participation is highly welcome too. The 5th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN'08), will be held in Syros, Greece on October 2-4, 2008. SETN'08 is organised by EETN, in collaboration with the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering at the University [...]

3 12, 2007

Ζακ Ντερριντά – Ζωή, θάνατος, επιβίωση

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:31+02:00December 3rd, 2007|philosophy, politics|0 Comments

"...Ενώ ο Φρόυντ υποστηρίζει το δικαίωμα στη ζωή και τον ειρηνισμό αξιοδοτώντας τις ενορμήσεις ζωής εις βάρος της ενόρμησης θανάτου, ωμότητας, δηλαδή τη ζωή της "οικονομίας του δυνατού", ο Ντερριντά αντίθετα θα το στηρίζει στην α-δύνατη ζωή, στην "οικονομία του αδυνάτου", μέσω της οποίας θα συνδέσει το αδύνατον, το συμβάν, το απροϋπόθετο, την ετερόνομη υπερ-ηθική, την παθητική απόφαση, το "ου φονεύσεις" με την επιβίωση -και δη με την επιβίωση του άλλου..." Συγγραφέας: Μπιτσώρης Βαγγέλης Εκδόσεις: Νεφέλη ...Με δύο λόγια, στο έργο του Ντερριντά, το "επιζήν" ως δομική και αυστηρά αρχέγονη διάσταση, η οποία δεν απορρέει ούτε από το ζην ούτε από το θνήσκειν, είναι συνδεδεμένο με την έννοια του ίχνους ή του φασματικού. Πράγματι, ήδη από το 1967, στα δύο πρώτα έργα του "Η φωνή και το φαινόμενο" και "Περί γραμματολογίας" ο Ντερριντά αποδομώντας τη χουσσερλιανή και σωσσυριανή ερμηνεία του σημείου (signe) εισάγει αντ' αυτού την έννοια του ίχνους [...]

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